Sales-book.



K. BOTTLE.

V SALES 'BOOK.

APPLICATION FILIBD NOV. 16, 1911.

Patented July 22, 1913.v

I I I stores.

. leaves 5 and 6 respectively.

EDWARD KIRBY BOTTLE, OIL" ELIVHRA, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR, 'IOfiAlVlEIRICAN SALES BOOK UUMPANY, LIMITED, F TORONTO, CANADA, A CORPOMTION Oll UANADJPL SALE$-E0Olt.

roosters.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented duly 22, lllllld.

Application filed November 16, 1911. Serial Itlo. 860,56l

To all whom it may concern Be it known that l, Eownm) Kinny sidinoat lillmira, in the county of Chemung and tate of New York, have'invented certain new and useful Improvements in SaleslBooks, of which the following isa full, clear, and exact description, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which'it upper tains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to sales books. One of the objects ofthis invention is to provide a simple and njactical form of sales book particularly a apted Another object is to provide an inexpen sive and self-contained sales book of the above character.

A further object is to provide a practical device adapted to hold a sales pad of any desired size and to permit of ready manipulation thereof.

Other objects will be in part obvious and in part pointed out hereinafter.

The irwention accordingly consists in thefeatures of constnuction, combinations! of elements and arrangement of parts which will be exemplified in the construction hcreinafter set fortlnsand thescope of the appli cation of which will be indicated inthe following claims. y I

lln the accompanying drawiu wherein is shown oneof the various possible embodimentsofmy invention, Figure, 1 is a longer tudinal sectional view of the complete do vice; and Fig. 2 isa plan view thereof.- f

Similar reference characters refer to simi lar parts throughout the several vieavs of the drawin i J Referring now to the drawing in detail,

there is shown at 1 the top. of table" or counter provided with a hole 2 or recess,

therein, depending upon its thickness. Countersunk in this recess 1s anaem a; or

receptacle 3 of a depth sullicient to hold a.

pad 4 of live hundred or a. thousand leaves as desired. This pad is preferably made of av continuously folded web, and comprises a plurality of sets of original and duplicate The back of each original leaf 5 is carbonized, as indicated by the heavy line 7, throughout the greater part of its rear surface, or the area opposite the ruled lines receiving the record of the transaction to be transferred to the to used in secured at one end to the under side of the table by means of a. screw 11, while its other end. is provided with a slot 12 (Fig. 2) through which passes a screw 13 engaging a downwardly projecting stein 1d of the follower-plate 8. The spring is of sutlicient strength to urge the pad upwardly when the upper set of leaves is removed therefrom. The paclis retained in the receptacle by means of allat plate 15 hinged. l6 to one side of the casing. Associated with this hinge is a spring 17 relatively stronger than the spring 10 so as always to retain the leaves of the pad within the casing except when intentionally removed therefrom. The plate 15 not only forms acover for the receptacle, which may be IGlllIWQClWVllQII insorting a new pad, but also provides a .bflCl r inp; or support for the top setof leaves of a pad when being written upon. l t will be inoted that the cover 15 provides with thewhich the leaves or the pad may be drawn.

The casing is cut away at the point 19 to permit the operator to more easily raise the plate 15 or to insert his thumb and finger to grasp. the edge of the top, leaf and draw the same outwardly when desired. In operation, however, it may be more convenient to arrange the succeeding set of leaves upon the )late. 15 for the neat transaction before, tearnig 0d the top set'upon which the. last transactionhas just been recorded. By having the casing, countersunk in the surface of the table with the upper surface of the plate 15 below the level of the top of the table,

the leaves of the pad may rest upon the plate 15 in the manner shown witho-ut danger of becoming mutilated if anything is placed on the table above the same.

The operation and. method of using a de vice of this character is substantially as follows: This device, which may be applied to any counter or table by cutting a hole or recess therein, is first provided with a pad by swinging the cover 15 upwardly about its hinge 16, placing a pad upon the follower plate tland pressing downwardly thereon against the action of the spring 10 until the casing 3 a transverse opening 18 through Elli - cover when closed will lie below the upper surface of-the table. is then drawn outthrough the openlng 18 The top set of leaves by grasping the edge thereof through the cut away portion 19, as previously stated, until a complete set, that is, an original and duplicate leaf, are 'removed. These are fclded back upon the plate 1 5, whereupon the device is ready for recording the first transaction.v vAfter recording the .transaction the top set of leaves is drawn forwardly so as to pull out the second set of leaves which then are folded back upon themselves,

after which the leaves upon which-the first transaction hasbeen recorded may be torn off. 7 By placing the device relatively close to the edge of the table; as herein shown, the

edge will form .a convenient tearing line, ale

though as each leaf is separated fromthe adjacent leaves by weakening lines, such as perforations, the'l'eaves may be easily and and advantages above set forth.

quickly separated from each other and from the pad in any position. As the leaves of the pad are removed, the follower plate,

under the action of the springlO, will force the remaining sets upwardly, whereby-they will alwaysbe withinconvenient reach of the"operator.- I

3 The term-table is broadly used in the following claims to denote any article of furniture having a firm supportingsurface such as a desk, counter or the like.

It-is thus seen that this invention pro vides a simple and practical device, accomplishing, among others, all of the As many changes could be made in the above construction and many apparently widely different embodiments of this invention-could be made without departing from the scope thereof, it is intended that all matter contained in the above description r shown inthe accompanying drawings shall be interpretedas illustrative and not, in alimited, sense.

Having described my inventionpwhat I claim as newand desire to secure Patent 1s:

by Letters 1. In a device of thecharacte'r described,

in combination, a table having a recess, a casing positioned in said re'cess, a'cover for said casing, and a pad Wlflllll said casing comprising a plurality of sets of original I and duplicateleaves and manifolding means 55 associated therwith,-said pad and easing be ing arranged to permit the leaves'to bewithdrawn set by set from the casing and laid over said cover without detachment 1 fromthe pad whereby duplicate copies of any transaction may .be inscribed thereon without affecting the lower sets of leaves.

2. a device of the character described,

in combination, a table havingan opemng.

in the upper surface thereof,a casing positioned'in said opening, a cover for said cas-.

thereon.

' objects ing coacting therewith to form a slot along one edge of said cover, and a pad wlthm said casing comprising a continuous web folded to form a plurality of sets of original and duplicate leaves adapted to be threaded through said slot set by'set and laid over the cover when inscriptions are-being made 3511), a device of the character described, in COITlblllfl'llOIl', a table having a recess therein, a cover for said recess, said parts bee ing constructed to form an opening when the cover is in closed position through which the leaves of a pad may be drawn before being written upon, a pad of-continuously folded leaves in said recess, and spring means urging said pad toward the cover of said recess.

4. In a device of the character described,

in combination, a relatively fixed support having a recess therein, a casing mounted in said recess, apad of original and duplicate leaves positioned within said casing, mani-' foldlngmeans associated with said pad, aresihently held plate engaging the under side of said pad adapted to urge the pad uphinged to said casing for holding said pad n proper position, said plate being adapted to serve as. a back for the top set of leaves.

when being. written upon.

6. In a device'of the character described, I

in combination, a relatively fixed support having a recess therein, a casing mounted in said recess, a pad adapted to fit within said casing, a follower plate adapted to urge .said pad upwardly,a cover for said receptacle, said device having an opening in the upper part through which the leaves ofthe 'pad may-be drawn, and manifolding means connected with said device.

. 7-. In a deviceof the character described, I

in combination, a relatively fixed support having a recess therein, a casing mounted said recess, a pad adapted .toyfit within said casing, means adapted to urge said pad upwardly, a cover for said receptacle providing therewith an opening through which the leaves of the pad maybe drawn, said cover being hinged-to one side of said we, ing, and means for holdingsaid cover in place. I

8. Ina deviceof the character described,

in combination, a table having 'a recess in the upper surface thereof, a casing countersunk in said recess, a pad mounted within said casing, a movable spring pressed bottom' to-sald casing adapted to urge the pad weenie upwardly, and a cover for said casing for retaining the pad in proper position, and forming with said casing an opening through which the leavesof the pad may be drawn, said cover acting as a support for the leaves of the pad when being Written upon.

9. in a device of the character described, in combination, a table having a recess in the upper surface thereof, a casing countersunk in said recess, and a pad mounted Within said casing, said pad comprising a plurality of sets of original and duplicate leaves, the back of each original leaf being carbonized.

10. In a device of the character described, in combination, a table, a casing countersunk in the surface of said table, a pad within said casing, said pad comprising a plurality of sets of original and duplicate leaves, the back of each original leaf being carbonized, and a means for holding said pad in position within said casing, said means acting as a support for the top set of leaves when being writ-ten upon.

11. In a device of the character described, in combination, a table, a casing countersunk in the surface thereof, a pad within said casing, and a cover therefor acting as a support for the leaves of the pad when being written upon, said cover being below the surface of the table.

12. In a device of the character described, in combination, a table, a casing countersunk in the surface thereof, a pad within said casing, and a cover therefor acting as a support for the leaves of the pad when being Written upon, said cover being hinged to said casing to permit the insertion of a new pad and being below the surface of the table to prevent mutilation of the top leaves when resting upon said cover. V

13. lln a device of the character described, in combination, a table, a. rectangularcasing countersunk in the surface thereof, a movable bottom to said casing, spring pressed means tending to urge said bottom up wardly, a pad resting on said bottom within the casing, and a cover operatively con nected with said casing for holding said pad in proper position and n-oviding at one end an opening through which the leaves of the pad may be drawn, said leaves adapted to rest on said cover when being written upon.

14. in a device of the character described, in combination, a table, a rectangular casing countersunk in the surface thereof, a movable bottom to said casing, at Spring pressed means tending to urge "said'i bottom upwardly, and a pad resting oi said bottom within the casing, said pad lid'iiing a plurality of sets of original and duplicate leaves, the back of each original lea-f being carbonized.

l5. ltn a device of the character described, in combination, a table, a rectangular casing" countersunk in the surface thereof, a movable bottom to said casing, a spring pressed means tending to urge said bottom upwardly, a pad resting on said bottom within the casing, said pad having a continuously folded Web forming a plurality of sets of original and duplicate leaves, the back of each original leaf being carbonized, and a cover for said casing upon which the top set of leaves is adapted to rest when being written upon.

In testimony whereof ll atliit my signature, in the presence of two witnesses.

EDWARD lURBY B'O'llLlE. Witnesses A. W. VAUGHN, U. C. Bunsen. 

